Classical Arts Film Festival

FILM BLOCK TWO

Saturday, October 8th

2:00pm

Tickets are $20

The Short Films Block reflects the diverse mission of The Classical Arts Film Festival: Celebrating the journey of lives dedicated to the classical arts.

The Short Films Block will be an in competition screening event.  Audience patrons will be given a ballot at the box office to vote on the seven films that are screened during this block.  Ballots must be returned to the box office at the conclusion of this event.  One ballot per patron only.

David is about to leave his home. on his last day he is torn between the desire to leave, and the need to protect his father, a violinist who is in the midst of rehearsals for a concert, disturbing the peace of his neighbors which are fighting back.

Rehovot, Israel

HERBARIUM (ZIELNIK) is the fifth choreographic film directed by Iwona Pasinska. It is a fairy-tale episode, told with tenderness, gushing with the intense colours of flowers and élan vital. Choreography composed to a suite by Edward Grieg and presented by the artists-dancers of the Polish Dance Theatre takes the audience into the world of flora.

It allows to explore a day in the life of a plant from the moment it blooms to the end, drowned in warm nostalgia. We invite you to immerse yourself in the beautiful world of flowers and leaves, in the greens, reds and purples transitioning to the greys and browns of the autumn. And all this told with movement to the rhythm of the dynamic sounds of the suite Peer Gynt op. 1 performed by Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera.

Z?otniki, Poland

Sardasht is a Kurdish city in West Iran. It fell victim to chemical weapons at 4:15pm on Sunday, June 28th 1987. This film is a reflection of that day. It is through this

“reflection” the filmmaker paints the narrative of love and loss and plea for humanity.

Mahabad, Iran

“Full Fathom Five” (also known as “Ariel’s Song”) is from Shakespeare’s The Tempest; Robert Johnson set the Bard’s text to music in 1611.

This animated film takes as its inspiration the line “something rich and strange," creating a fantasy underwater world filled with wonder and beauty. The song is beautifully interpreted here by Valentina Rybakova (mezzo soprano) and Viktor Rybakov (lute).

Anhertsburg, Ontario, Canada

Growing up, June had a complicated and strained relationship with her father and classical music. When he dies, she inherits her father’s cello and has to play at his funeral. June feels many difficult emotions, and ends up playing a cheerful piece.

Kristiansand, Norway

A little girl lives in a village with her mother where water sources are dwindling by day. Drought affects her

imagination, musing her doodles and drawings. The unrelenting aridness is ever present. However, the little girl never gives up. She does the best she can, pulling inspiration from the deepest of wells: hope.

Konyaalt?, Antalya Turkey

A troupe of actors and stage crew of an amateur theatre company struggle when the lead player is replaced by an understudy. This performance of Shakespeare’s most ill-fated tragedy beckons the supernatural through this backstage dark comedy full of theatre superstitions and mythos as the energy and source of the performance is finally revealed.

Belgrade, Montana USA